After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate safer table saws

Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by wolverine876 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:14PM (#39984878)

There's also the knee-jerk anti-reguation crowd. Consider this comment from the article:

"If it's mandated, you're going to have people hanging on to their old saws forever," Juntunen says. "And, you know, that's when I'd say there will be more injuries on an old saw."

Does the mandate in any way change the functionality of a new saw (other than for cutting flesh)?

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by dfc on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:20PM (#39984935)

It does make ripping pressure treated wood a little dicey. Whenever I have to cut wood that is wet I will disable the flesh detection feature temporarily. That's a minor inconvenience though. I will never go back to a saw without the feature.

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